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<< Every form of quackery has a huge mythology built around it--that's how
you
can recognize most of them. You just provided us with more than one. >>
Tom's hit the bullseye here folks. I've done a lot of research on
multi-level marketing companies which push nutritional wonder products, such
as "blue-green algae". There are many similarities, such as the nutritional
product contains some substance which greatly enhances health and all humans
lack--but ironically, the product can only be found in some remote, out of
the way spot, a mountain lake in the rockies, or a particular desert area in
Mexico. When you try to get authentic, documented research on the product,
you are told there isn't any because the product is "so new, just
discovered," and of course, there is some on going research but it is too new
to give documentation on yet. You are given lists of people who will vouch
for thew products effectiveness.
I am not saying all alternative therapies, nutritional or otherwise, are
bunk. I am saying, beware the heavily hyped---
As to equine dentists, when David was at the racetrack, one of the
explanations I was given as to the training/conditioning/health problems he
was experiencing was that "his teeth are probably bothering him." When I
told the trainer he'd always recieved regular veterinary care--including
tooth inspections, I was told, "Oh, it just isn't the same! We need to
consult an equine dentist--a specialist in such matters." On my trainers
proclomation that an equine dentist had made a difference to other horses
she'd trained, I gave the go ahead. Dentist came out, and at great cost to
me did his thing---and it didn't make one whit's difference to David or his
problems. So next they tried injecting his knees---without even consulting
me! Trainer claimed she hadn't been able to reach me after three days of
trying, and the horse was in pain and needed the injections. Again, made no
difference.
What made a difference was switching trainers AND also going up to the
track and riding my poor horse MYSELF, before and after works, because I
couldn't find a trainer who would do it!
Better stop now, I'm irritating myself all over again--
Watch out for the quacks, remember Aristotle's words, "A is A"--
Trish & "pretty David"(who's glad he's off the track, but still thinks 100
miles is a bad idea--)
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